Evidence of growth-selective predation on larval Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus in Sagami Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 252, Issue , 2003, Pages 223-238

  Takasuka, Akinori ^a   Aoki, Ichiro ^a   Mitani, Isamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Prefectural Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Growth selective predation; Japanese anchovy; Larvae; Otolith microstructure analysis; Sagami Bay; Vulnerability to predation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; PREDATION RISK;

JAPAN; SAGAMI BAY;

ANCHOA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; ETRUMEUS TERES; GENYONEMUS LINEATUS; LATEOLABRAX; LATEOLABRAX JAPONICUS; PENNAHIA; PENNAHIA ARGENTATUS; SERRANIDAE; SPHYRAENA; SPHYRAENA PINGUIS; TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS JAPONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037842219     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps252223     Document Type: Article

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